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Only The Guilty Go Quietly To The Gallows.

FREE SPEECH EXTENDS ONLY AS FAR AS THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWS IT
By Dave Harrison

To hear the United States government tell
it, her citizens bask in the glory of the protections afforded by the
various Amendments to the Constitution. One such protection is that of the
right to free speech. The First Amendment proclaims:

"Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of
speech..."

However, in the government’s interpretation
of the First Amendment, you are free to speak your mind only within narrow
prescribed limits. In fact, the government’s interpretation of the First
Amendment drastically restricts "the freedom of speech." For example, your
right to speak out against the government. Do so, and you will quickly
learn a lesson as to the fallacy of your right to free speech.

The government of today would imprison her
own founding fathers for speaking openly of sedition and overthrow.
Ironic, when one recalls that the United States was formed to rebel
against England's excessive taxation on colonial goods. Speak
loudly today, as our founding fathers did, of the government’s oppressive
taxation practices and you will find yourself permanently on the Internal
Revenue Service's list of citizens to be audited; you will be
persecuted. Worse yet, simply speak as to the teachings of our third
President and you will go straight to prison. Thomas Jefferson spoke
passionately of the need for regular rebellion against the government,
because "... experience hath shown, that even under the best forms of
government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow
operation, perverted it into tyranny." In a letter to Colonel William S.
Smith, son-in-law of John Adams, circa 1787, Jefferson stated:

"God forbid we should ever be twenty-years
without such a rebellion.... What country can preserve its liberties if
its rulers are not warned from time to time that the people preserve the
spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right
as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a
century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time
with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure."

Placing your life in the hands of the First
Amendment, to speak as ardently as Jefferson, is to take a paper shield to a
knife fight. To assure docile obedience of her citizens the government has
put into place laws restricting your freedom of speech. Title 18, Section
2385 (Advocating overthrow of Government), is just one of the statutes
enacted to oppress your freedom of speech.

"Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates,
abets, advises, or teaches the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety
of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States or the
government of any State, Territory, District or Possession thereof, or the
government of any political subdivision therein, by force or violence, or
by the assassination of any officer of any such government; or

Whoever, with intent to cause the overthrow
or destruction of any such government, prints, publishes, edits, issues,
circulates, sells, distributes, or publicly displays any written or
printed matter advocating, advising, or teaching the duty, necessity,
desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying any government in
the United States by force or violence, or attempts to do so; or

Whoever organizes or helps or attempts to
organize any society, group, or assembly of persons who teach, advocate,
or encourage the overthrow or destruction of any such government by force
or violence; or becomes or is a member of, or affiliates with, any such
society, group, or assembly of persons, knowing the purposes thereof--

Shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both..."

See, 18 U.S.C. � 2385. The government
of today has long surpassed the levels of taxation, injustice, oppression
and tyranny of ye olde England. Similarly, today as then, should you
exhibit the spirit of resistance, and warn the government of your desire
to take up arms to refresh the tree of liberty with the blood of patriots
and tyrants; do so and you will find yourself defending your right to
freedom of speech from a prison cell.

Exercise your First Amendment rights freely
and you will not be free at
all.

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